◎Problems 1-10. Six points each. Choose the best answer from (A) – (D) .

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1) Suppose 0.132 ＝ , and (a，b)＝1, find a＋b.
b

(A) 112 (B) 113 (C) 1121 (D) 1122

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2) Suppose log34＝log 1 a, find a.

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1 1 1
(A) (B) － (C) 2 (D)
4 4 2

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3) Given that a and b are numbers, and that can be written as a finite decimal, what might
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a＋b be?

(A) 9 (B) 11 (C) 13 (D) 15

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4) Given that a and b are integers where a＜b. If ab－a＋3b＝0, what is the maximum value of b?

(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6

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5) How many sets of positive integral solutions are there for x＋y＋z＝5?

(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 10 (D) 15

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6) If ( ) is written as a decimal 0.……, which number below is the first non-zero number after the
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decimal point? (log2≒0.3010，log3≒0.4771，log7≒0.8451)

(A) 6 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 1

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7) Compute log23．log549．log325．log74.

(A) 8 (B) 5 (C) 4 (D) 3

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8) The figure below shows the graph of function for f(x)＝ax ＋bx＋c. Among the four numbers a, b, c,
and a－b＋c, how many of them are negative numbers?

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

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9) Given that a＜1000, and (a，30)＝1, how many such a's are there that satisfy the conditions above?

(A) 266 (B) 278 (C) 299 (D) 366

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10) The bacteria are grown in a lab. Suppose on each day, the number of bacteria will be a times the
number of bacteria on the previous day. According to the growth rate, 2 days later, the number of
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bacteria is 2×10 ; and 5 days later, the number of bacteria is 5.4×10 . If n days after the
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experiment starts, the number of bacteria is 4.86×10 , find n.

(A) 9 (B) 8 (C) 7 (D) 6

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◎Problems 11-15. Eight points each. Choose the best answer from (A) – (D) .

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 a2 a 3 a 4 a
 ＝ ＝ ＝L＝ 60 ＝ 2
11) Suppose  a1 a2 a 3 a59 , find a6.
 a1 ＋ a2 ＋ a 3 ＋L＋ a 60 ＝ 2 －1
60
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(A) 64 (B) 32 (C) 30 (D) 24

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12) Suppose a, b, and c are real numbers. Given that the remainder is 3 when x ＋ax ＋bx ＋c is
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divided by x＋1, and the remainder is 2x＋1 when it is divided by x ＋1, find a－b＋c.

(A) －2 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) 3

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13) If f(x)＝ax＋b, 1 ≤ f(1) ≤ 3, and 1 ≤ f(2) ≤ 2, what is the maximum value of f(3)?

(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 8

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14) Which of the two graphs of functions are not symmetric to line y＝x?

(A) y ＝ 2 x 、 y ＝ log 2 x (B) y ＝ 2－x 、 y ＝－ log 2 x

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(C) y ＝ 2 x 、 y ＝－ 2 x (D) y ＝ ( ) x 、 y ＝ log 1 x
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15) What is the remainder when x ＋1 is divided by (x－1) ?

(A) 100x－99 (B) 100x－98 (C) 10x－8 (D) 2